Record Of Sufferings For Tythes In England. The Sufferers are, The Seed of God, or, The assembly of his First-born, or, The First Fruits un- to God in England, in this Age, who are called to be faithful, and have been found faithful; therefore have we suffered willingly the spoi- ling of our Goods, for to us the Truth is more precious then our E- states, Lives, or outward Liberties, and therefore hath the Lord accounted us first worthy to suffer for his Name sake, and to be as Lights in this deceitful Generation. Those which our sufferings is a testimony against, is that Priest- hood which is light and treacherous, which in all Ages the Lord raised up faithful witnestes against; for Isaiah said, ... (7 lines). And in these dayes we may say, that they are worse then any troop of Rob- bers, or any that preached for hire, that ever went before them, as wil ap- pear in this Book following, by their devouring VVidows Houses, spoil- ing mens goods, and destroying mens persons

Richard Hubberthorn | 1658